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by discardable_dan 1676 days ago
As someone who has been on both sides of journal peer review, let me assure you that there is no "customer support" framework like what you are describing. The model simply doesn't work that way. The primary editor of the JFP, in particular, plays an active role and individually manages feedback and reviewer corralling. They are not paid for that service. When submitting to the JFP, my feedback was hand-delivered by the editor via email.
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Sure, as someone who has also been on both sides, that's not what I was describing at all though. None of the examples I gave are handled by an editor, except maybe "managing issues dealing with misconduct" depending on the situation, but maybe by the publisher's legal team. But the other issues are not handled by an editor in my experience.